Celebrate holiday cheer and the Christmas spirit with the classical ballet, The Nutcracker. It's not the holidays without the famous story, score, and cast of characters!

Kentucky Ballet Theatre is proud to present The Nutcracker in Somerset at The Center for Rural Development Theater and at the Lexington Opera House, in Lexington, KY. 
 
The Nutcracker,  a magical Christmas ballet, is set to the beautiful music of Tchaikovsky.  This holiday performance is complete with Drosselmeyer and Clara, along with a cast of snowflakes, mice, soldiers, angels, fairies, and of course the Sugar Plum Fairy and her Cavalier.

You don’t want to miss this holiday tradition!


Locations, Dates and Times 

Somerset Center for Rural Development Theater 
December 2, 2025, at 7:00 pm

For Somerset Tickets:
Contact Somerset Theater Box Office 606-677-6000

The Lexington Opera House 
December 13th, 2:00pm
December 13th, 7:00pm

December 14th, 2:00pm

December 20th, 2:00pm
December 20th, 7:00pm

December 21, at 2:00pm